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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, PAGE THREE I "Wetmore" House-of-the-Week Design Is Termed "Biggest Little Home" PRACTICAL PLAN MEETS NEEDS OF SMALLER FAMILY Cubage Of 'Wetmore' Is 4,- 450 Cubic Feet Building Economy Is Stressed. The value of architectural skill and experience applied to the proposition of supplying the most house for the money in the building field where the FHA title I, class 3 loan is avail able, is strikingly illustrated in the "Wetmore" design offered this week by Western Homes Foundation. This design was created by National Plan Serv ice architects to provide the most complete home possible in space restricted to economy re quirements. The "Wetmore" has but 440 square feet. Its cubage i 4,450 cubic feet. Yet the specifications allow for fully equipped bathroom and kitchen, the latter and the bedroom as well having cross ventilation, while the living room has door or window open ings on three sides. There is clever arrangement for dining space at the rear of the living room, and for book shelves in the center partition. The roof is pitched high, providing for a roomy attic that may be used for storage space, and then for the addition of bedrooms for the growing family. In the lat ter case the front porch can be remodeled into an enclosed entrance and stairway. The "Wetmore" bids for the title of "biggest little home." "Designs of the 'Wetmore' size and price type are basic in meeting the housing needs of urban families who are seek ing escape from crowded and rundown city and town neigh borhoods," states W. C. Bell, chairman of Western Homes Foundation. "The movement of such families from town to country is nation-wide. Figures from federal real property in ventories of 1934-1936 show why this is so. At that time approximately 16 percent of urban homes in the United States were classified as 'unfit' for use as dwellings or in need of major repairs. This percent age represented about four mil lion out of 26 million urban homes. "Current slum clearance pro ject can only touch this situa tion in its worst spots. For the vast majority of independent, self-reliant families now existing in rented, rundown urban dwellings, the home-land pro gram of the building industry is the real hope in housing. "The home-land idea simply means: (1) an equity in a half acre or acre outside city or town limits: (2) a home loan for $2500 "House Of The Week" ST , -n 'jilt- , ,7 put i III or less, with the equity serving as down payment, under the FHA title I, class 3, plan, or by private financing; (3) designs for homes that may be built, under non-urban conditions, for $2500 or less, either complete, or as shells to be finished by families during occupancy; and (4) the basic essentials of sound home construction, namely, solid foundation, and frame, floors, sidewalls and roof built according to standard specifica tions and practice, with non essential equipment and finish to be added later." Working plans and specifica tions for the "Wetmore" may be obtained through retail lumber dealers or from Western Homes Foundation, 364 Stuart building, Seattle, Wash. 4 20' o- STORES TO CLOSE Crater Lake post, and auxil iary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Medford armory to make plans for observing Armistice Day next Saturday, particularly for taking part in the annual parade. In a statement issued yester day the post requested all Med ford stores to closenext Satur day "in honor of all World war veterans." Armistice Day, the statement continued, "is for all vejerans and it does not seem possible that it should make any differ ence to any store whether it re mained open for business or not as all of its patrons could get all their supplies on the day before Armistice. The members of Cra ter Lake post 1833, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are planning not to patronize stores that remain open on Armistice Day." The VFW Bicycle Safety club will meet at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the armory. William J. Cooney. junior activities chairman, re quests the presence of all mem bers as he said he has an im portant message for them. , Ose Mall Tribune want ads. H "TfLN jff jj -, NniWtf Ti-9'9"xl5b" n ! yui&ATH 0! i-' y REJECT BIOS FOR Portland, Nov. 4. (a3) The Oregon highway commission ap proved a SI 00,000 appropriation for advertising next year and decided to follow the same plan this year. Ray Conway, manager of the state motor association, pro tested that too much of the money was spent in the east and that more should be placed in western states but Harold B. Say, director of the commis sion's travel information depart ment, said 47 percent of the 1939 appropriation was used west of the Mississippi. The commission acted on the following jobs: Jackson: Siskiyou Junction Klamath county line, rock pro duction on Greensprings high way, all bids rejected. ITALY BUCKS UP, MUSSOLINI SAKS Rome, Nov. 4. (JP) Premier Mussolini, addressing a cheering crowd celebrating the 21st an niversary of Italy's World war armistice with Austria-Hungary, declared today that Italy was strengthening her "will and forces for tomorrow." "The Italian people . . . cele- Complete Compact EARLY RELEASES Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 4. (j)The Brite brothers, John and Coke, slayers of three men in a woods fight at Horse creek in Siskiyou county, petitioned Gov. Culbert L. Olson today for a commutation of sentence to time served. John, 39, aid Coke. 34. were convicted at Yreka in 1938 of first degree murder for the shooting of Martin Lange and Joe Clark, denutv sheriffs. anH Fred Seaborn. John declared in his petition that he "killed in self-defense." Coke declared he "had no part in the shooting" but that if he had It "would have been justi fiable Mlf defense." Their applications will be wb mittad to the advisory pardon board for recommendation. Dm Mail Trlbuii want ado. Elecirieal Contracting Rewiring Repairing OLSON ELECTRIC 1 The small house shown in the above illustration is situated in Greenburgh, N. Y. The house shows the result of careful planning in the effi cient arrangement of rooms. The bath is accessible from each bedroom without the necessity of passing through any other room. The attached garage is a convenience that has not inter fered with the symmetry of the design. brate their victory today with a clear soul and a firm faith in the destiny of the country," Mussolini said in a brief speech from the balcony of his office. "The victory belongs to the people because it was achieved by a great sacrifice," he added. "In this remembrance of what was achieved we strengthen our will and forces for tomorrow." Mussolini, with Foreign Min ister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Ettore Muti, secretary of the fascist party, appeared on the balcony at 11:08 a. m. (5:08 a. m., EST) to address the crowd thronging the Piazza Venezia. The premier, after his speech, reappeared seven times on the balcony in answer to the crowd's cheer. TEDDY JR. FEARS New York, Nov. 4. (P) Col. Theodore Roosevelt, asserting $1,000,000,000 of allied war orders were expected by the ad ministration, predicted today that "pocketbooks will take command of pur foreign pol icy" and attempt to lead the United States into war. "It is the handwriting on the wall," Col. Roosevelt said, speaking before the Foreign Policy association. "By abolishing the arms em bargo we are starting down the self-same road we followed a quarter of a century ago. "Gradually we will be pushed down the road from which there is no turning the road to war." Your New Home Will Not Be Modern Unless It Is BOTH Properly Heated and has AIR CONDITIONING MONTAG Furnaces and Air Conditioning Systems Closing tlmo for loo bate to Clas airy Ads is 1 :30 p m. 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